Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Board has granted the appellant's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that it was incurred during his active duty service.

Your claim for service connection for sleep apnea has been fully granted, and the appeal is dismissed as there are no longer any issues to review.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his in-service complaints of trouble sleeping and his current sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection are being remanded due to the need for further development and consideration of evidence.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that there are duty to assist errors in the rating decisions on appeal for hearing loss, tinnitus, neck disability, back disability, and sleep disability. The issues of service connection for these conditions will be remanded for further development.

The Board has denied service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and obstructive sleep apnea, but has remanded the claim for lumbosacral strain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, tension headaches, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with adjustment disorder.

Service connection granted for PTSD related to in-service stressors.,Service connection granted for adjustment disorder with anxious features secondary to service-connected oral cancer.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims for service connection, including those for an acquired psychiatric disability, insomnia, sleep apnea, migraines, GERD, and dizziness. The issues of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis have been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to his service-connected disabilities, finding that there is equipoise evidence supporting this determination.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to address the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and its relation to his service-connected disabilities, including left hip replacement, left knee, and ankles with weight gain.

The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection of sleep apnea, as it was already decided in a previous January 2024 decision and the March 2022 AMA appeal was erroneously docketed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was granted in an October 2022 rating decision, which constitutes a full grant of benefits sought on appeal. As the benefit sought has been granted, the appeal is dismissed.

The Board denied reinstatement of the Veteran's appeal due to his VA Form 9 not being timely filed in response to a March 2020 statement of the case.

The Veteran's lumbosacral, cervical, right shoulder, and left shoulder strains have been granted service connection.,Further evaluations are needed to determine the nature of any arm disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable since October 26, 2018. An effective date of this day is granted for the award of TDIU.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to his service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS).

The Board has granted service connection for OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the OSA developed due to weight gain resulting from chronic pain in the left knee.